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We did the tooth brushing; it worked, not a great job but he followed my movements. He couldn’t rinse and he only kept his mouth open for a couple go rounds and didn’t spit till half an hour later, but we did it. …

We can’t just wait, as I said yesterday, for the Alzheimer’s patient to expire, though sometimes it feels like that’s what I’m doing. There are plenty of things still to learn about end-of-life care. Brushing the Alzheimer’s patient’s teeth is one of them. …

The only other person I’ve seen as exhausted as Abe was last night was my mother . After six years of suffering from heart disease she died Jan 21, 1996, at the age of 96. In the days before she died she was as worn out and tired as anyone I’d ever seen. She weighed 70 pounds. She was in pain. She said she felt like there is an elephant on my chest. …

I received an email last night regarding the elimination of Adult Day Health Care from the state budget. We cannot let this happen. Adult health care is an essential component of Elder care. Elder Health NW, specifically, served our family at a critical time in Abe’s care. It helped me keep him home. Contact the legislture to keep Adult Day Health Care alive. …

Sigmund Freud wrote that the aim of life is death, but you couldn’t prove that by Abe. Sometimes when I go to see him I do feel as if I’m looking Death in the face; but rest assured, meeting up with cheap Death is not Abe’s aim, not by any means. This man is not going gently into that good night. This is what I witness. This is what I see. …

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